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Welcome to the Palmerton Home page. The Palmerton Home page provides as much information as possible on Palmerton. Knowing Palmerton’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Palmerton’s Home page, you will also find Palmerton’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Palmerton has a population of 5317. 44.2% of Palmerton’s inhabitants are Male, and 55.8 are female. 46.4% of Palmerton is married and 59.2% own their own home. The Average Home price is $119,545, and the average rent is $801. Household median income in Palmerton is $66,096, and the individual median income is $30,945. Palmerton’s Ethnic is the following: White(99.1%), Hispanic(3.3%), Other(0.9%).


Native Americans lived in the area that is now Palmerton for many years. Early European settlers established the villages of Hazard and Little Gap, which were part of Lower Towamensing Township. There was also an Underground Railroad station there. Palmerton was officially incorporated in 1912. In 1912, the New Jersey Zinc Company located a Zinc smelting operation (now the West Plant) here, in order to take advantage of the anthracite coal being mined just north of Palmerton and the zinc mines in Franklin, New Jersey.


The town was named after New Jersey Zinc's then-President, Stephen S. Palmer, though Palmer was reportedly not pleased with having his name on the town.A second location, the East Plant, was established on the other side of town in 1911. Though other industries, such as several garment manufacturing shops, came to Palmerton, the zinc company was the major employer for most of the town's history.


Much of the population came to the site, principally from Eastern Europe, in order to work in the zinc plants.Zinc smelting was ended in 1980 due to a poor zinc market and environmental regulation. The West Plant was demolished in 2010. The East Plant continues to operate at reduced capacity, processing electric arc furnace dust into zinc calcine. The Palmer House, a five-story Senior Citizens residence at 360 Delaware Avenue is on the site of the former Palm Theater.The Palmerton Historic District, covering the downtown area, was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 19, 2018.


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